Student construction brigades are temporary construction teams composed of students in universities and other institutions of higher education to work, usually during vacations. This form originated under the control of Komsomol of the Soviet Union.
Soviet Union
Originated in 1959 at the Physics Department of the Moscow State University. From the mid-sixties they became an all-Union movement. ==Belarus==
Belarus
In Belarus, the student brigades enjoy privileges by decree #222 of President Lukashenko by May 12, 2006: they are free from income tax and use higher wage rates. ==Russia==